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THE SPORTING WORLD.
Tfcc latest f< at in the line of
cycling Is performed with the
hoop, n.' shown In the picture.
hoop consists of a nicely polished ash
wood rhn with a strip of rubber. By
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HIDING TIIK liCKKING 1IOOP.
ft swing of the body the performer can
travel across the stage at almost any
rate of speed, but the feat is consid¬
ered a very difficult one, and to main¬
tain one’s balance as the hoop swings
round is no easy matter.
Xow nitNfhiill I.caciif.
Announcements as to the plans of a
new rival to the National league con¬
tinue to come from the west with a
persistency that would seem to Indi¬
cate the earnestness of those intcr
«>Kt(*d in the movement, among whom
are mentioned Chris von der A lie, Cap¬
tain Anson, M. It. Scanlon of Washing¬
ton and others whose sympathies and
•cash are said to be enlisted. It is said
that the circuit of the new league will
consist of Chicago, St. Louis, Buffalo
nnd Detroit In the west and New York,
Philadelphia, Washington and Haiti
more in the east. Washington would
probably support any organization that
■would Insure patrons in that city n
change from the tail end quality of ball
the friends of the game there have
tolerated for years past, and New
York, in view of the record made by
the {Hants this year, would probably
not be averse to giving up the price of
admission to see a first class winning
team in a rival league. The other
cities mentioned for the circuit are
all well known and long tried hall
towns.—New York Commercial Adver¬
tiser.
CooU Thill); Fop MiiIik*.
Senator Frye of Maine says that his
state feels hard times less than other
states because of the $3,000,000 left
there annually by sportsmen. The able
commissioners of the state of Maine
arc endowed with considerable acumen
and have long labored assiduously for
the proper protection ol hsh and game,
consequently the supply has been main
taiued. the state is the great Mecca for
sportsmen inr , and wide, . , and 11 re
celves a handsome sum from them
nnnually. Without the proper pro
tection the game and fish supply
would be depleted; the chief charm
for sportsmen would be gone; they
would not go there, and the state would
not receive the $3,000,(XX) annually.
Ijoolt at the question from either a sen¬
timental or business point of view; it
is applicable both ways, an object les¬
son for other states and other prov¬
inces.—Shooting and Fishing.
Her,
Anttuue Cyclometers.
An English antiquary has recently
discovered that the cyclometer, which
has always been believed to be a mod¬
ern invention, is really ”50 years old.
In a paper on the subject recently writ¬
ten by this antiquary for an English
journal the writer quotes his authority
for his statement regarding the cyclom
©ter. It is an extract from a letter
■written by John Evelyn, that natural¬
ist of Woottou. England, who nourish¬
ed at the time of the Cromwell proiect
orate. The letter is dated 1057 and
reads; “1 went io see Colonel Blunt,
who showed me the application of the
waywiser to a coach, exactly measur¬
ing the miles and showing them by an
Index as we went on. It made three
circles, one pointing to the number of
rods, another to the miles by 10 to
1.000, with all the subdivisions of quar¬
ters; very pretty and useful.”
F>«>list's Cnnuh.
The ‘cyclist s cough is the latest
ailment to which wheelmen are said to
be specially liable. For some years,
we are told, doctors have noticed that
coughs are more prevalent in summer
Than in winter. No doubt the excep¬
tionally mild winters which we have
enjoyed since 1S1U-03 reduced the re¬
cent average of lung complaints; but
that dry summer weather should mul¬
tiply them teemed inexplicable until it
occurred to a doctor that the majority
of his patients wore enthusiastic cy¬
clists. Since, moreover, the character¬
istic of road traffic in dry weather is
dustiness, it was easy to arrive at the
conclusion that the coughs were main¬
ly due to irritation of the lungs, caused
by the inhalation of dust.—Loudon
Globe.
!ii^;U Gears.
Iatrger gears are being used this
season than ever. As an example of
the gears used generally the following
list has been compiled: Monroe. 1M5;
McEebern. 109; Will Sims. 1*0; Mortens.
1*2: Cooper anil Thompson. !)1: Free¬
man. Downing. Kiser and Walt hour.
RS; McFarland. Fred Sims and Kimble,
R4. with no rider low er than the l atte
gear. But a few years ago 7- was the
highest gear ever used, it is said the
Americans now use even higher gears
than the Frenchmen.
('nknown District*.
When riding in unknown districts it
is foolhardiness for cyclists to rush
down Hills, particularly those which
have sharp turns in them.
Look Out For Stick*.
Cyclists should avoid riding over
sticks in the road, as they may jump
up and get entangled in the spokes,
causing a nasty spill.
llow to Text USK».
Tlie freshness of an egg may he de¬
termined in various ways. In a fresh
egg the large end, if touched on the
tongue, is sensibly warmer than tlie
small end. It held toward the light
and looked through (“candled ), a
fresh egg will show a clear white and
a well rounded yolk. A stale egg will
appear muddled. Probably the surest
test is to put the egg into a pan of cold
water. I' resit eggs sink quicklj , bad
eggs float; suspicious ones act suspi
ciousl.v. neither sinking nor floating
very decidedly. Of all articles of food
doubtful eggs are most certainly to be
condemned.
When |C!*‘nni■■ k Table I.lnen.
Always use the purest soap and no
washing powder when cleansing table
linen. After soaking in warm water
which has been well soaped rub well
between the hands, rinse several times
an( j pi iu >. For laces and delicate ar¬
ticles put in a net. shake well in soap¬
suds, rinse well and hang up to dry.
<p () remove brass stains soak in a weak
solution of oxalic acid and hang In the
sun.
A I’llUKlCP.
“What I can’t understand about the
sun’s light,” said Wallie, when lie first
heard how many millions of miles
away from the earth the sun is, "is
how it manages to get here so early in
the morning without traveling all
night.”—Buffalo News.
X<* Need of Teleiilioni's.
Feople iu the arctic regions can con
verse when more than a mile apart.
because there the air. being cold and
dense, is a very good conductor, and
the smooth surface of the ice also fa¬
vors the transmission of sound.
Friday, Aug. 1 1.
A contnanv has been organized which
will pur, $125,000 u a new cotton mill
at Prattville, Ala.
Maximo Go mtz, in an open letter, de
fends the United States and appeals for
harmony throughout Cuba.
News from New Zealand is to the
effect that the brigantine Enterprise has
been lost in a storm. Her crew num¬
bered 18.
Negotiations are under way for the
puroknso of 80,000 acres of laud in
South Carolina on which to establish a
Polish-American colony,
J. It McDonald, legislative represeu
tative from Ware county, Ga., has been
bound over to the United States court
in Savannah on a charge of illicit
whisky distilling.
W. T. Coleman, an ensign on the bat¬
tleship Iowa, who was to have been
courtmartialed on a charge of having
been intoxicated while the vessel was at
Pnget sound naval station, attempted
suicide by shooting himself
Saturday, A tig. 12.
Fire has destroyed the grandstand of
the Louisville Baseball club. Loss,
$15,000; insurance, $8,000.
A movement is on foot in Atlanta to
send a battalion of the Fifth Georgia
regiment to welcome Dewey on his ar¬
rival at New York.
An elevated street railroad is to be
built from Chattanooga to the foot of
Lookout mountain. Eastern capitalists
will put up the money.
The Paris Figaro records the death in
the Hue d’Anj»n iU*tHc of the Marquis de
Casteja. aged was the last sur¬
viving page of Louis XVIII.
Hot weather prevails throughout Eug
land. The wells and springs are begin
nmg to run dry and a serioiis state of
things is expected unless it rains soon,
Manila hemp has risen ten shillings
in London in consequence of the re
sumption of hostilities and the belief
that all Philippine ports are or soon
will be closed,
Monday, Aug. I-f.
Albert and Tom Johnson, the Ameri
r,'o«Eo.d *"“*
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•■Parson ,. Davies has closed , , negotta- .
Uons for Hie purenase of the historical
Cresceun biluaiu hail 111 Newt r.eaus.
has The arrived Anchor at line New steadier York Furtiessia with the
se “ ° f ,fee
A plant for the manufacture of the
Lauehester oil motor, to cost ^iOO.dOO
and to employ fidt i skilled mechanics, is
to bo bulls iu Pittsburg.
“Red” Tolbert, now contesting for
Latimer’s seat in congress, has been
publicly warned to keep away from
Greenwood county, S. O.
General Bates is still negotiating f<w
a treaty with the suitau Ot the Suin
islands, who is as yet unwilling to ac¬
cept the termsoffered by the Americans.
A man who has just returned
Kotzebue Sound. Alaska, brings the rn
port that the Piekimiy brothers of Keu
iucky were murdered Sulawik by natives while
prospecting on the river.
Afr nnu Story noth Ont.
, The bicycle “-masher” is one of the
greatest annoyances that women cy
clists liave to contend with. A Chicago
girl disposed of one of these pests in a
decidedly effective manner yesterday.
She was riding down Michigan ave
nue, when siie noticed that a young
man was pedaling along close beside
her. She increased her speed, but he
still kept alongside. Then she slack
I ene«l her pace, but he slowed up also,
He di<l net speak, but she could feel
ids eyes lixed on her, and it made her
1 nervous.
Presently she rode up to the curb,
dismounted and proceeded to examine
the pedals of her wheel. In an instant
the trailer was at her side proffering
assistance.
..j t pj n j. til( , p 0 dnI is twisted,” she
Ba j ( p “ an d I don’t believe I have a
wre!K .h.” The obliging young man
puclt down and examined tlie pedals,
jfjen, taking a wrench from ids tool
, )a? j i0 rir( , ce cded to tighten up the
j (a! q s of the wheel. At the same flint;
sk(? took from her hat a long, shiny
[)hl Juld j ft pp, c , t i ,- t three times into the
r( , ar tire of his wheel. When he had
concluded Ills ministrations, she
thanked ldm with a betwitcliing smile,
an( y mounting her wheel, rode slowly
away. A few minutes after lie told
the bicycle repair man all about it. and
that's how the story got out.—Chicago
News.
Catiurbt by- n Clever Doctor.
A certain Dr. Stephen Peabody of
Cambridge Center had a tine melon
yard, so the story goes, und one morn¬
ing he found that his melons had all
been stolen and the vines piled up
near the middle of the yard. But near
tlie heap of vines he picked up a gold
watch key and a seal. These he laid
away, and at the hotel, some three
miles distant, he posted a little paper,
which read: '
NOTICE.
Found, on Thursday last, a little above
Cambridge borough, :> gold watch key mid
Heal. Tiic owner can have it by proving prop¬
erty nnd paying charges.
Stephen Pkaecvdt.
In a few weeks a stout young man
applied for the watch key, reporting
himself the unlucky loser. The key and
seal were brought forward, and the
doctor said: "Is this your property?
Will you take your oath that these are
your key and seal?”
“Y'es, yes; I will do that.”
“Well,” said the doctor, “that is all
right, and now I want my pay for my
melons.”
Five dollars were handed over, and
the young man begged for secrecy, but
the doctor, with the money in his
hand, declared that the incident was
too good to keep to himself.-Vermont
Historical Magazine.
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Mnrry nnd Part For n. Year.
Among the many peculiar customs
prevalent among the people of Central
America is that of parting for one year
after the marriage ceremony has been
solemnized. This custom lias prevailed
among the Jarnos from time iramemo
rial. There is no courtship allowed to
p, c carried on between the parties prior
to the wedding. When a man selects a
woman, he obtains the consent of the
parents on both sides, and if this is
given they are at once married.
The reason, however, for their not
living together as man and wife for
one year after marriage is in order to
permit of the parties visiting and
staying with their respective friends
I 11 different parts of the country, which
is a customary thing and occupies the
time specified. Ninety-nine out of 100
of these marriages turn out well.
1,argent Grave In the World.
The largest single grave in the world
occupies just exactly one acre of
ground, which is surrounded by an
iron railing. This enormous grave is
located at Pearto Cortez in Spanish
Honduras and is the burial place of a
woman. The tombstone occupies the
center of the ground inclosed, and sev
eral wooden figures representing the
deceased are arranged in statuelike
form in different parts of the ground,
There are 110 fewer than 10 of these
figures, which iu the evening give the
place a ghostlike appearance,
r l lie deceased had died rich and in
her will had specified the amount of
ground to lie purchased for her grave
and tlie manner in which it should be
decorated. She bad many curious no
tions. and the size and ornamentation
of her grave was one of them.
*•«« •» Stoi-lilioUli-rs.
To the stockholders of the Eastman &
0cimilsrec Kailwav
X()tk ; 0 is ht , givell that on the
(];lv of August, 1st)!), an increase of
capital stock ot’the Eastman &
River Hailway C'ompauv and
meeting to be held at 11 o’clock n.
in the hall over the Citi/.i 11 s Bank,
general office of the Company, in
man, Ga. By order of tin* Board
Directors.^ M. Clements. President.
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S. Herman, Seeratary and
Hay Presses.
Call at the Hardware store
D M. Bush and examine the“
Ripper*’ horse Sikes power hay
put up l>v Bros., Helena.
It is guaranteed to turn out
15 to '20 bales p°r hour, and
can buy it for $50.00.
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Business at this Store.
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On Every article purchased at this store.
We buy for cash and sell likewise,
and our wonderful low prices
attracted the people for miles •
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Summer Dress Goods at
bly low figures. Everything in this
III rrjjtcf wot flf* oC cn|/j U»
That ! am selling Good Coffee,
Soap, Georgia Syrup, White
etc., cheaper than was ever known
this section.
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EASTMAN, GEORGIA.
Don't Forget to Remember
lUi —
Oar Watermelon Contest.
Read oar preposition in anotSi at* vi r C oiurnii.
and bring us a melon. You have 5 chances
to win. Don't stand back.